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SADC has made significant progress in achieving transboundary water cooperation over the years, but more investment is required in the sector to address insecurities in water, food and energy to meet demands from its growing population.
This was said by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat’s Director of Infrastructure, Mapolao Rosemary Mokoena, during the opening session of the 10th SADC River Basin Organisations/Shared Watercourse Institutions (RBOs/SWIs) Workshop in Maputo, Mozambique.
The Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) is preparing a Zambezi Regional Nature, People and Climate (NPC) Investment Plan to pilot and scale up nature-based solutions to climate change threats.
This comes after the ZAMCOM was named as one of five countries or regions to benefit from a global USD350 million fund being disbursed through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF).
The Programme Manager for Zambezi Strategic Plan (ZSP), Evans Kaseke told the 10th SADC River Basin Organisations/Shared Watercourse....
The Zambezi Watercourse Riparian States have called for the development of creative, effective, and direct policy responses to address the challenges faced by smallholder farmers who rely on rainfed agriculture.
The call was made by Botswana’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs, Dr. Kekgonne Baipoledi at a two-day Zambezi Rainfed Agriculture Investment Forum held in Gaborone, Botswana from 8 – 9 August 2023, under the theme, ‘Attracting finance to Africa’s rain-fed agriculture to build climate is befitting’.